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From: ulrich.schreglmann@t-online.de
"ed kyle" wrote in message news:88d21cfd.
402051320.19ee557@posting.google.com...
> If it had a third stage, a Delta IV-H could probably only put
> about 5.5 tons into lunar orbit. Apollo CSM mass in lunar orbit
> was about 22 tons (all but 6 or so tons was propellant). CEV
> is likely to be in the CSM mass range.
No, that's just the Service module. The Command module was another
6t. The CSM was about 30t of mass, 18t of which fuel for the return
to Earth. And the lunar lander was another 15t, 10t of which was
fuel for Lunar descent and ascent.
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